There once was a farmer who lost his watch in his barn (谷仓). The watch was only cheap but was very ____36    to him because it was a gift from his father.

After _  37 __ the barn for a long time, he gave up and asked for __38 __ from a group of children playing nearby.

He __39 __ them that the person who found the watch would be rewarded.

Hearing this, the children hurried inside the barn ___40 __. They searched everywhere but still could not find the __41 ___. Just when the farmer was going to give up, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another ___42___.

The farmer looked at him and thought, “ Why not? After all, this kid looks honest.”

So the farmer __43 _ the little boy back into the barn. After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand! The surprised farmer asked the boy how he ___44__ where the rest had failed.

The boy replied, “ I did nothing but sit quietly and listen for the sound of the watch.”

This shows us that sometimes a __45__ mind can think better than an excited one.”

1.A. important            B. expensive             C. useless           D. interesting

2.A. finding              B. searching             C. watching          D. studying

3.A. money              B. danger                C. work             D. help

4.A. promised            B. taught                C. warned            D. believed

5.A. angrily              B. slowly               C. immediately        D. hardly

6.A. rule                B. book                 C. child              D. watch

7.A. way                B. chance               C. lesson             D. smile

8.A. threw               B. sent                 C. gave              D. caught

9.A. came               B. knew                C. succeeded          D. suggested

10.A. beautiful            B. smart                C. peaceful            D. quick

 

根据所掌握的文化或背景知识，选择正确答案。
【小题1】你丢了a dictionary，应该写一个         .

A．Found

B．Lost

C．Thanks

D．Wanted

【小题2】当你向他人寻求帮助时，要先有礼貌地说        . 当别人给予了帮助，你要表示感谢，用       来表达.

A．Excuse me, Excuse me	B．Thank you, Excuse me
C．Excuse me, Thank you	D．Thank you, Thank you

【小题3】下午见到了韩梅，你向她问好，应该说         .

A．Good morning	B．Good afternoon, Han Mei
C．Good evening	D．How are you, Han Mei

【小题4】在英语的26个字母中，有5个元音字母，它们按字母表排列顺序正确的是        .

A．b g e u w

B．a e i y u

C．a e i o u

D．e i n o u

【小题5】你喜欢打篮球吗？下列哪个组合代表美国篮球协会？

A．CBA

B．BBC

C．UFO

D．NBA

A performer means that an actor plays a _________ in a movie.

A. rule                B. role                C. rude             D. ring

 

书写时占三格的字母是______.

A. e               B. g               C. b               D. f

 

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     Billiards（台球） is my favorite ball sport. The English player Ronnie O’Sullivan and Chinese player Ding Junhui are   46   my favorite players. They play it very well. I hope I’ll be   47   to play it well, too. Of course, it is only a dream. Of the two players, I  48   O’Sullivan, because he played it so quickly in the races.

When I was nine, I   49_  this ball sport for the first time. My PE teacher, Mr. Xu, and I became good   50   because of billiards. I still remember that one day Mr. Xu and I played billiards   51   class. We were so excited that we both   52  the lunchtime. Suddenly, my father showed up, he was very angry with me.

Well, it is   53  to know the rules, but it is not easy to get a good   54   in the game. Now billiards is becoming more and more   55  in China, and more and more Chinese are enjoying it.

1.A.two B.both            C.all

2.A.able B.free            C.glad

3.A.love B.like            C.prefer

4.A.hit B.joined          C.played

5.A.athletes               B.friends          C.teachers

6.A.after  B.before        C.in

7.A.knew B.forgot          C.remembered

8.A.easy B.hard            C.difficult

9..A.rule                  B.score            C.player

10.A.boring                B.famous           C.popular